Tom: Bb 

Intro: F  F/C    ( F  Ab  Bb )  F

Bb
Ah, caught you smiling at me, that’s the way it should be
                             F
Like a leaf is to a tree, so fine
Bb
Ah, all the good times we had, I sang love songs so glad
                              F
Always smiling, never sad, so fine
G
   As we walk down a country lane, 
Bb                                              ( F Ab Bb F ) 
I’ll be singing a song, hear me calling your name
G                                                         
  Hear the wind whisper in the rtrees, 
Bb                                    ( F  Ab  Bb F )
telling Mother Nature ‘bout you and me
Bb
Well if the sun shines so bright, 

or our way it’s darkest night
                                       F
The road we choose is always rught, so fine
Bb
Ah, can your love be so strong when so many loves go wrong 
                                F               ( F Ab Bb F )
Will our love go on and on and on and on and on?
F                               Ab    Bb  F
My, my la de la, come on now it ain’t too far, 

tell all your friends all around the world,
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Ain’t no companion like a blue-eyed merle
G  Bb  ( F  Ab  Bb  F )

G
Come on now well let me tell you
Bb                                   F
What you’re missing, missing ‘round them brick walls
( F  Ab  Bb  F )  F  F/C   

Bb
So of one thing I am sure, it’s a friendship so pure
                                     F
Angels singing all around my door so fine
Bb
Yeah, ain’t but one thing to do 

spend my nat’ral life with you,
                                 F 
You’re the finest dog I knew, so fine
G
  When you’re old and your eyes are dim ,
                              Bb                                        ( F Ab Bb F )
There ain’t no old shep gonna happen again
G                                      Bb
   We’ll still go walking down country lanes, 
                                           F              
I’ll sing the same old songs, hear me call   your name
( F  Ab  Bb  F )